Children on the sidelines of the Climate Change are thinking about their future. Nastasya Tay reports from Cancun.

Children on the sidelines of the Climate Change are thinking about their future. Nastasya Tay reports from Cancun.

U.S.: Judge Chastises Govt on Immigration Policing Lawsuit

Nearly a year after advocacy groups sought documents to clarify the Department of Homeland Security's "Secure Communities" programme, the government has largely failed to satisfy the requests for information, a federal judge has ruled.

Wikileaks “Gossip” Merely Annoying in Latin America

Although revelations by the whistle-blowing website Wikileaks concerning Latin America have caused irritation in the region, they have not had any significant effects so far.

CLIMATE CHANGE: As Andean Glaciers Recede, Region Steps Forward to Adapt

The mountainous areas of South America's Andean nations supply water to the coastal cities, provide habitat to important biodiversity, and serve as natural barriers, but global warming threatens those regions, which are home to millions of people.

HAITI: Envoys and Poll Officials Try to Defuse Tensions

After almost a week of violent protests over preliminary elections results that left at least five dead, Haiti awoke to an eerie and tense calm Monday after a well-coordinated trial balloon was launched late Sunday night.

ETHIOPIA: Saving Rural Mothers’ Lives

Nigist Abebe has grown in confidence over five years on the job. Today she is one of 34,000 rural health extension workers at the heart of Ethiopia's primary health care strategy.

ARGENTINA: New Campaign Calls Dropouts Back to School

Convincing young people who have dropped out of school to resume their studies is no easy feat. Which is why a group of social organisations in Argentina are joining with the government to launch a different kind of campaign to bring young people back into the classroom in 2011.

CHINA: As Poverty and Privilege Clash, Social Tensions Rise

In late October, a speeding Volkswagen struck two students as they roller skated on the grounds of Hebei University, leaving them motionless in a pool of blood. Security guards intercepted the driver as he attempted to flee, but he refused to leave the car. "Sue me if you dare," he warned, "my father is Li Gang!"

Ecobreves – ARGENTINA: Natural Area Once Again Protected

The Senate in the northern Argentine province of Salta has approved a law to create a national reserve in a provincial protected area -- whose protection was removed in 2004.

Ecobreves – HONDURAS: Biological Center to Reduce Agro-Toxins

The Honduran Agricultural Research Foundation will establish a center for the production of biological agents to protect crops, as a way to replace the use of agro-chemicals.

Ecobreves – BRAZIL: Forests Improve Coffee Crops

Cultivating coffee near intact forests increases yields by up to 20 percent, according to a study by the Brazilian agricultural research agency EMBRAPA, whose aim was to evaluate the capital accumulated in services provided by native vegetation.

As Andean Glaciers Recede, Region Steps Forward to Adapt

The Andean glaciers are suffering the effects of global warming, with far-reaching effects on water supplies, biodiversity and livelihoods.

Climate Summit Ends Without Solving Emissions Puzzle

Despite scientific evidence and continued weather disasters across the globe, climate change continues to be relegated to second tier among national and international priorities.

GUATEMALA: Forgotten Promises Leave Indigenous Peoples Poorer and Hungrier

Nearly three years into President Álvaro Colom's four-year term, Guatemala's indigenous people have seen little improvement in their lives -- and they represent approximately half the country's population.

CLIMATE CHANGE: Emissions Punted to Durban, Breakthrough Seen on Forests

If success is measured by delaying difficult decisions, then the Cancún climate meeting succeeded by deferring crucial issues over financing and new targets to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to the next Conference of the Parties meeting a year from now in Durban, South Africa.

CLIMATE CHANGE: Summit Ends Without Solving Emissions Puzzle

"We are the coldest country in the world... so global warming is good for us. The warmer it is, the bigger the harvests... They talk about stopping deforestation of the tropical jungles to fight climate change, but we don't have tropical jungles."

COP16: Africans Not Paying Attention

Africa is expected to bear the brunt of global warming, but news from the climate conference in Cancún, Mexico, is not making headlines on the continent.

African ministers tasked with the environment are to meet delegates from Japan to draw the country back to the Kyoto protocol discussions.

African ministers tasked with the environment are to meet delegates from Japan to draw the country back to the Kyoto protocol discussions. Last week Japan said it would not sign a second commitment to the Kyoto deal on climate change.

PERU: Resistance to Increasing Mining Royalties

As metal prices continue to soar, the debate on a tax on windfall earnings of mining companies in Peru and an increase in the royalties they pay has been revived.

Govt Accused of Fuzzy Math in Gitmo Report

A prominent public interest law firm that has defended numerous Guantanamo Bay detainees charged Thursday that a recent government report on a high rate of recidivism among former inmates is loaded with "vague and unsubstantiated claims and misinformation".

Of Wikileaks, Whistleblowers and Whipping Boys

As pro- and anti-Wikileaks forces draw their battle lines, and Wikileaks' impresario Julian Assange marks time in storied, overcrowded and very Victorian Wandsworth Prison in southwest London, a group of his supporters are taking a different tack.